Thread: cyclone

90 mm here since yesterday afternoon. Can't wait for the cyclone to hit

Mrs hh

Originally Posted by Eevo

Thanks, that is a great visual explanation for us who prefer pictures to words.


A friend at work rang his elderly mother in Yeppoon to check if she was alright - and got an earful. First she complained that the wind had blown away the washing she had on the line. When he asked why she had put washing out in a cyclone she said it was only 'a little wind and rain'. "It'll be over soon - won't it?" she asked him. He said no, it had only just begun, and asked why she hadn't gone to the cyclone shelter in the basement of a local school like everyone else. She said she had lived in Yeppoon for a long time and no storm was going to drive her out of her home.


You gotta love grumpy old people - I want to be like her one day.

Crikey, just watching it on TV. As said on here before, stay safe guys. Would you believe I am watching an idiot surfing on the Sunshine Coast and all the beaches are closed.

Originally Posted by DiscoMick

She said she had lived in Yeppoon for a long time and no storm was going to drive her out of her home.


You gotta love grumpy old people - I want to be like her one day.

and next week will be complaining that no one came to warn her of the danger

Originally Posted by Saitch

Yea mate I know. I spent a fair bit of my younger life wandering the Tropics.
My main problem is that because we haven't had much rain recently, we haven't much grass on the property & being rather hilly, I'm watching good topsoil wash into the dam & gullies.
Steve

Last year you were complaining about not getting any (rain).

Originally Posted by UncleHo

G'day Bearman

Yup! grew up in Brisbane in the 50/60's and have been through a couple of blows,living semi-rural now,so my main worry now is fallen trees, the property drains off into the main farm dam so while it maybe a little squishy under foot it will drain away,we have a 3.5metre layer of clay 1 metre below grass level, so it just fills up like a sponge.

How will you blokes get on if there is a bit of a storm surge from the TC. Would it get that far up the passage? Hope all is OK
Steve

Originally Posted by DiscoMick

Thanks, that is a great visual explanation for us who prefer pictures to words.


A friend at work rang his elderly mother in Yeppoon to check if she was alright - and got an earful. First she complained that the wind had blown away the washing she had on the line. When he asked why she had put washing out in a cyclone she said it was only 'a little wind and rain'. "It'll be over soon - won't it?" she asked him. He said no, it had only just begun, and asked why she hadn't gone to the cyclone shelter in the basement of a local school like everyone else. She said she had lived in Yeppoon for a long time and no storm was going to drive her out of her home.


You gotta love grumpy old people - I want to be like her one day.

Ron's sister?

Originally Posted by V8Ian

Last year you were complaining about not getting any (rain).

"I Love a Sunburnt Country........................"
Steve